{"id":450701,"date":"2026-02-28T18:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450701\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T18:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:22:08","slug":"serial-flasher-who-targeted-lone-women-on-the-tube-is-jailed-news-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/450701\/","title":{"rendered":"Serial flasher who targeted lone women on the Tube is jailed | News UK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SEI_287136083-2b43.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27156760\" alt=\"A 30-year-old man who exposed himself to lone women as they travelled on the London Underground network has been jailed, following a British Transport Police (BTP) investigation.Matheus Prestes, 11\/04\/95, of no fixed address, pleaded guilty to eight counts of exposure at a court hearing in November 2025.On Friday 13 February at Inner London Crown Court, he was sentenced to eight months? imprisonment.The court heard how Prestes embarked on a spree of sexual offending, targeting lone women travelling on the Bakerloo line.\" decoding=\"sync\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tMatheus Prestes was jailed for eight months over his spree of sexual offending (Picture: BTP)<\/p>\n<p>A sexual predator who repeatedly flashed lone women travelling on the Tube has been jailed for eight months.<\/p>\n<p>Matheus Prestes, 30, targeted his victims on the Bakerloo line in a spree lasting four months from June to October last year.<\/p>\n<p>He admitted eight counts of exposure at Inner London Crown Court earlier this month.<\/p>\n<p>The British Transport Police (BTP) praised the bravery of the women in coming forward to report the pervert.<\/p>\n<p>BTP Sergeant James Ashby said: \u2018Prestes repeatedly targeted women on the London Underground in deliberate and predatory acts.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tSign up for all of the latest stories\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Start your day informed with Metro&#8217;s <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/news-updates\/?signup-source=news-article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News Updates<\/a> newsletter or get <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/newsletters\/breaking-news?ito=news-article&amp;?signup_source=news-article-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Breaking News<\/a> alerts the moment it happens. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018His behaviour was disturbing, persistent, and entirely unacceptable. It is down to these brave women reporting these incidents that we were able to piece together his spree of offending and put him behind bars.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Prestes\u2019s first reported incident took place at around 7pm on Saturday, June 21, when he stepped off a Bakerloo line service at Baker Street, turned around and exposed himself while staring at a woman still on board the train.<\/p>\n<p>Days later, on June 25, he again exposed himself and began masturbating in front of another woman on a southbound Bakerloo line service.<\/p>\n<p>When she told him she was reporting his actions to the police, he quickly got off the train at Edgware Road.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SEI_287136257-e180.jpg\" class=\"article-image wp-image-27156746\" alt=\"LONDON, UK - JANUARY 28, 2025: Baker Street London Underground station platform with an arriving Tube train. One of the oldest and most famous stations, known for its Sherlock Holmes connection; Shutterstock ID 2672022097; purchase_order: -; job: -; client: -; other:\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n\t\tPrestes targeted lone women travelling on the Bakerloo Line (Picture: Shutterstock\/Sergii Figurnyi)<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, July 6, at around 6pm, Prestes targeted another lone woman on a Bakerloo line service near Kenton.<\/p>\n<p>After exposing himself on board the train, he got off, stood on the platform, and stared at her while masturbating.<\/p>\n<p>Then, on Tuesday, August 5, he walked along a Tube carriage before he exposed himself to a woman near Lambeth North.<\/p>\n<p>Later that month, on Friday, August 22, another woman reported that Prestes had exposed himself to her between <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/oxfordshire\/\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Oxford<\/a> Circus and Waterloo before masturbating in her eyeline and leaving the train.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, October 11, he targeted three women in a day, again on Bakerloo line trains. On each occasion he exposed himself to a lone woman and immediately got off the train.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt Ashby said: \u2018This sentence reflects the seriousness of his actions. \u2018Passengers can be reassured that we will always take reports of sexual offences seriously, act quickly to identify offenders, and work tirelessly to bring them before the courts.\u2019<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/02\/28\/serial-flasher-targeted-lone-women-tube-jailed-27156822\/mailto:webnews@metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webnews@metro.co.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">For more stories like this, <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">check our news page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/02\/27\/paralysed-woman-bravely-nods-yes-when-asked-if-boyfriend-snapped-her-neck-27145088\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paralysed woman bravely nods \u2018yes\u2019 when asked if boyfriend snapped her neck<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/02\/27\/afghan-migrant-raped-vulnerable-woman-walking-alone-after-night-out-27141942\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Afghan migrant raped \u2018vulnerable\u2019 woman walking alone after night out<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"metro-more-link\">Arrow<br \/>\nMORE: <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2026\/02\/27\/nhs-doctor-spied-men-toilets-said-wanted-compare-penis-size-27140085\/?ico=more_text_links\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NHS doctor who spied on men in toilets said he only wanted to compare penis size<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"metro-button share-bar-comments\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"#metro-comments-container\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tComment now<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tComments<br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" class=\"metro-button share-bar-preferred-source\" data-vars-position=\"bottom\" href=\"https:\/\/google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/metro.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\tAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tAdd as preferred source<br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\tBreaking News<\/p>\n<p>Never miss the biggest stories with breaking news alerts in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Matheus Prestes was jailed for eight months over his spree of sexual offending (Picture: BTP) A sexual predator&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":450702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[2925,59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-450701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-crime-news","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=450701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/450701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/450702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=450701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=450701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=450701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}